WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's basketball team defeated the Fairfield Stags 69-57 on Saturday afternoon behind a 25-point performance from freshman Thomas Sorber. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 2-0 on the season while the Stags slide to 0-2.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I? definitely want to give a lot of credit to Fairfield. We played a well coached team, a team that was urgent, a team that made a lot of tough shots in the first half. I thought once we settled in that our defense in the second half was elite. I thought our guys had a different purpose, a different edge and a different physicality. I? was also really encouraged by our crowd today, our energy that was in here today. I want to thank everybody that came out to watch our guys as we continue to grow." - Head Coach Ed Cooley
 
"I just try to do anything that I can do to help my team win. My teammates tell me to go out there and dominate, so that's what I do. I feel like we're coming along great with our team chemistry and we just got to get back into the gym and keep working on it." - Thomas Sorber
 
"We saw the matchups and we know how good our big men are. Thomas is one of the best big men in the country as a freshman, in my opinion. I don't think anybody can guard him down there, especially when he does what he's supposed to do. He's unselfish and he'll pass it out if they double. So I always tell Coach to look down there and try to get him established to just open up the rest of the game." - Jayden Epps
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Thomas Sorber led the way for the Hoyas, tallying 25 points on 11-for-16 shooting from the floor. The freshman also led the team in rebounds pulling down nine boards and falling one shy of a double-double.
• Jayden Epps was also in double figures, finishing with 12 points on 3-for-8 shooting to go along with a 5-for-6 performance from the charity stripe shooting.
• Micah Peavy paced the offense with five assists followed by Malik Mack and Epps who had four apiece.
• Peavy was sensational on the defensive end tallying a career-best seven steals. This is the third time in his collegiate career that he has recorded five or more steals in a game.
• Georgetown shot 47.4% (27-for-57) from the floor and held the Stags to a 33.3% (20-for-60) performance from the floor.
• On the glass, Georgetown outrebounded Fairfield 39-32.
• The Blue & Gray controlled the interior, outscoring the Stags 34-22 in the paint.
• The Hoyas were tremendous on the defensive end in the second half, holding Fairfield to 24 points on 27.6% shooting from the floor.

 
FAIRFIELD HIGHLIGHTS

• Braden Sparks led a pair of Stags in double figures with 17 points on six made field goals, including a trio of 3-pointers. He added a squad-best eight rebounds.
• Jamie Bergens added 12 points on 3-for-7 shooting and was 5-for-6 from the charity stripe.
• Sparks paced the offense with six assists.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Fairfield came out hot, leading by as many as nine (16-7) early in the frame. A quick pair of buckets from Kayvaun Mulready and Drew McKenna made it a two-possession game as the Hoyas pulled within five with 13:15 to play.
• The trio of Curtis Williams Jr, Sorber and Peavy tallied six unanswered to pull within two (19-17).
• Trailing by five (25-20), Malik Mack sparked a seven-point Hoya run with a layup followed by a 3-pointer before Julius Halaifonua managed a layup off the turnover as GU took the 27-25 advantage.
• With the game knotted at 33, the Hoyas came out of the huddle running down the clock before a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from  Epps gave Georgetown the 36-33 lead going into the locker room.
• Both squads traded buckets but an emphatic Jordan Burks dunk with 14:27 on the clock gave the Hoyas some breathing room (45-38).
• The Blue & Gray kept the Stags at bay and a Sorber triple extended the lead to 12 (61-49) with 4:16 remaining.
• The lead ballooned to as many as 14 (67-53) before the Hoyas took the 69-57 victory at the final whistle.

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown returns to action on Saturday, November 16 when the Hoyas welcome the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish to Capital One Arena with tipoff scheduled for 1 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on NBC and the game can be heard locally on 106.7 The Fan or The Team 980 with Rich Chvotkin, in his 51st season as the Voice of the Hoyas, calling the action.